hmmwv wrote:I hope in the coming years some of the weaker charger networks will be acquired and we are down to a couple of dominating networks across the country.

That was exactly the idea when CCGI bought Ecotality/Blink. Until someone demonstrates a profitable business model that doesn't rely on subsidies, there are no dominating networks, just varying levels of weak ones. Chargepoint is probably the strongest, but their business model differs somewhat from the rest.

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Guy [I have lots of experience designing/selling off-grid AE systems, some using EVs but don't own one. Local trips are by foot, bike and/or rapid transit].

The 'best' is the enemy of 'good enough'.Copper shot, not Silver bullets.

Please be advised that CarCharging's and 350Green's ChargePoint Electric Vehicle charging stations are no longer participating in Nissan's No Charge to Charge ("NCTC") program. Therefore, we are no longer able to provide free charging at these stations.

To locate participating stations in NCTC, please visit the EZ Charge website. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

Sincerely,

CarCharging

**Please note that this change does NOT impact Electric Vehicle charging stations on Blink Network.**

Car Charging Group operates most of the public EVSEs around here. I get the impression, though, that few people use them. At $0.49/kWh, I can't blame them. I occasionally drop them a few bucks just because I don't want to see public charging die on the vine. But it's probably all in vain.

The stations are mostly still functioning - except the one that got run over, and another one in a dark corner of an underground parking garage.

I'm not a business man, so I don't know what it takes to make a viable network. I'm hoping that the coming wave of 200-mile BEVs will make a QC network more appealing.

GetOffYourGas wrote:Car Charging Group operates most of the public EVSEs around here. I get the impression, though, that few people use them. At $0.49/kWh, I can't blame them. I occasionally drop them a few bucks just because I don't want to see public charging die on the vine. But it's probably all in vain.